Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey Quotes

#1. Whenever life gets to be too much for me, I have a hard time keeping my eyes open. Sleeping is cheaper and safer than drinking. It keeps you from saying or doing things you'll regret later, and though you may have nightmares, you won't wake up with a hangover. I recommend it wholeheartedly.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#2. Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into other lives, and I come back to my own with greater contentment.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#3. We are all so much more complicated than we allow ourselves to appear.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#4. Would that we could soar forever beyond the reach of earth, away from the dangers that await us the moment we alight.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#5. Sometimes being a good mother gets in the way of being a good person.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#6. After tonight I will not date put pen to paper again. A blank page to me is like a drink to an alcoholic.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#7. There is nothing like champagne to ensure sweet dreams.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#8. Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#9. Life causes estrangement enough - why do we add to it out of misplaced pride?

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

#10. But a piece of paper can be a powerful presence. I have always had enormous respect for the written word and invariably find a letter more revealing than a face-to-face conversation. In a strange way I suspect I will get to know you better at a distance than I would if you had stayed at home ...

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey